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The 2014 UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Humanitarian Affairs Segment opens today (23 June) at UN Headquarters in New York.
The three day annual meeting is a unique platform for Member States, UN agencies, humanitarian and development partners, the private sector and affected communities to...

The UN and its humanitarian partners have revised their global humanitarian plans for 2013, and are now appealing for nearly US$13 billion to provide assistance to tens of millions of people in 24 countries. This is the largest annual amount requested in the history of Consolidated Humanitarian Appeals....

It’s a bright November morning in Puerto San Luis la Herradura, on El Salvador's south coast. The sun is high, the tide is low and local fishermen are returning to evaluate the dawn’s catch. Nearby, pupusas– a traditional favourite similar to a corn tortilla - are simmering on a hot...

The women began to arrive from early morning as soon as they were informed the mobile clinic was coming to the Health Centre of Caluco in the Salvadorean Department of Sonsonate.
Some women arrived accompanied by a friend, others arrived on their own. The majority of them were pregnant, who had taken...

The UN has called for US $15.7 million to help 300,000 El Salvadorians deal with catastrophic flooding over the next six months.
The government has described the floods as the worst disaster in the country’s history, as hundreds of thousands of people struggle to cope with record-breaking rainfall...